To be original is to discover the commonplace of a thousand years--to face at first the sneer that no one would have thought of it, and at last the indifference because any one would. Gerald Stanley Lee More Quotes by Gerald Stanley Lee More Quotes From Gerald Stanley Lee The first and most practical step in getting what one wants in this world is wanting it. One would think that the next step would be expressing what one wants. But it almost never is. It generally consists in wanting it still harder. Gerald Stanley Lee next-steps desire thinking Crowds speak in heroes. Gerald Stanley Lee crowds speak hero Machinery is the subconscious mind of the world. Gerald Stanley Lee machinery mind world Machinery makes men like itself. Gerald Stanley Lee machinery machines men Business today consists in persuading crowds. Gerald Stanley Lee